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@citen ,tetra @anni @Hire J.' J.. GROSHANS, 0F BUFFALO, N-EW YORK. Letters PatentNo. 70,833, dated November 12, 1867.

IMPROVED DRYING-ATTAGHMENT BOR PAPER-RLING MACHINES.

'To ALLwHoM 1T MAY coNoERN:

' Be it known that I, J. J.' GROSHANS, of Bu'alo, in the county of Erie, and State of New York, have invented anew and improved Drying-Attachment for Paper-Ruling Machines; and that theA following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, hereinafter referred to, forms a full and exact specificati-on of lsecured to me byLetters Patent.

the same, wherein I have set forth the nature and principles of any said improvements, by which my invention may be distinguished'fromall others of a similar class,ltogether withsuch parts as I claim, and desire to have This invention consists in applying to paper-ruling machines arevolving fan, in such-amanner that the ink on the freshly-ruled paper will be rapidly dried, and the paper, under the influence of the blast generated by the revolving fan, be made. to drop evenly into the box or receptacle prepared to receive it. The accompanying drawing represents 'a perspective view of my invention. n

A represents the shaft of the fan, which is constructed of hard wood7 and square, o`r nearly so, in its transverse section, and suciently long to extend across themachine. This shaft has two brass or steel springs B B attached to it, one near each end, by pivots a. l The onter'ends of these springs are perforated each with a hole,-

b, to t over pins ein the shaft A and C is a pasteboar'd 'or tar-board fan, about nine inches wide, with small Wings al about one'y and a half inch wide, one at each end. This fan is fitted on the pins c, the latter passing through perforations in the fan, and the springs B hold the fan r'mly against the shaft. Whenever it becomes necessary to renew a fan, the springs B are raised free from the pins c and turned around, and 'fun detached and another inserted on the pins, and the springs turned back and adjusted on the pins. The shaft of the fan is placed on the. lower beams of a paper-ruling machine,`and in such a relative position with the ruled paper that the rotation of the fan, which may be given it from any'suitable working part of the machine, will generate a blast to dry the inl ,'and also cause the paper to' be discharged `evenly into the box prepared tueceive it..

'l Having thus described my invention, I clailnas new, and-desire to secure by Letters Patenti 1. The applicationof a revolving fan to paper-ruling machines for the purpose of drying the paper, and causing the same to be discharged smoothly into the box prepared to receive it, substantially as set forth.

2. lhe manner of constructing the fan, substantially as shown and described, to wit, having the fan composed of pasteboard, tar-board, or an equivalent material fitted on pins c inutheshaft, and retained in position by springs B, substantially as shownand described. i l

' J. J. GROSHANS.

Witnesses:

vHENRY BLEYER,

JOHN H. REYNOLDS. 

